At goal and worried about loosing more weight. How do I stop the loss?

[Butterflyhigh 504]

I just reached goal! Yay!!!!

But now I don't know how to stop loosing. I'm still dropping about 6-8 lbs per month. I am where I'd like to be in pant size. I'd be okay with going down one more size since my 6's are getting pretty baggy and I'm just a few lbs away from 4's....but I can't imagine anything below that. I'm nearly 5'7. A size 4-6 is tiny! ( I would NEVER have thought to describe myself as tiny. Weird)

I am currently only getting around 700-900 calories in per day with the average being around 800. I can't see how I would add more food in to my daily diet. I am still leaning heavily on supplements because I get full on such a small amount of food I would never hit any goals without my drinks and bars.

So now I need to be consuming, what? 1200 calories per day? That seems almost impossible right now. I have a doc appointment scheduled for next month and I will talk to them in depth about this.

I'd like to hear from others who've reached goal. What did you do to stop the loss? Is there a risk of being unable to stop loosing?

Thanks!

[Kindle 8,667]

Congratulations!!!

I'm VSG, not bypass, so I don't know if any of this will help, but I added more fat and healthy carbs. (Full fat dairy products, lots of nuts, more fruit, whole grain cereals and bars). I still lost 10-12 pounds after reaching goal, but have stabilized at this point. I don't normally track or weigh anything, but the few times I counted calories (about a month ago) I was in the 1400-1600 range. 300-500 of those come from the Protein smoothie I have everyday and I usually eat 5-6 times a day.

Remember our goals are just arbitrary numbers and our bodies don't know that. You will continue to lose until your calories, metabolism, and exercise levels find a new balance. And at under 1000 calories you will definitely keep losing (unless maybe you just sit around on the couch all day).

Edited November 9, 2014 by Kindle

[James Marusek 5,244]

Your goal weight is an arbitrary number. I suspect your body will find its own level. Since your surgery was in June 2014, it seems like you are not at bottom. This is especially the case because sleevers lose weight slower than those that have RNY gastric bypass.

So if you still are in the losing phase then remember it is important to meet the Protein, Fluid and Vitamin requirements. (And not get overly concerned about meal intake.)

In my case I lost 100 pounds (20 pre-op, 80 post-op) from RNY surgery at about the 7 month mark. Then my body leveled off at 160 pounds. (I naturally entered the maintenance phase.) I maintained that weight for almost a year, when I got the stomach flu. I lost a pound a day for 7 days and dropped to almost 150 pounds. I decided that was my new bottom mark and have held that weight for a three months now.